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French Alps 24th to 31st August 2013

Flowers of the French Alps

This visit to the French Alps was a walking trip organised by Outbreak Adventure Holidays.

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French Alps 2013



Here you will find a selection of the photographs taken while on the walks.

My main interest was in the wild flowers of the area.




To identify many of these plants I have used 'Alpine Flowers' by Christopher Grey-Wilson and Marjorie Blamey.  While in the Alps I had the help of our guide Bruno.

I have made a list of the plants seen and where possible added photos.

Various members of the Pine family

French Alpine Juniper   Juniperus thurifera

Green Alder   Alnus viridis  


Hazel   Corylus avellana

Beech   Fagus sylvatica

Oak   Quercus sp.

Knotgrass   Polygonum aviculare


Alpine Bistort   Polygonum viviparum


Mountain Sorrel   Oxyria digyna

Ragged Robin   Lychnis flos-cuculi

Nottingham Catchfly   Silene nutans


Bladder Campion   Silene vulgaris


Tufted Catchfly   Silene saxifraga


Rock Campion   Silene rupestris


Wood Stichwort   Stellaria nemorum

Stinking Hellebore   Helleborus foetidus

Wolfsbane   Aconitum vulparia


Common Monkshood   Aconitum napellus


White Pasque Flower   Pulsatilla alba


Aconite-leaved Buttercup or White Buttercup   Ranunculus aconitifolius


Dark Columbine   Aquilegia atrata


Annual Candytuft   Iberis stricta


Common Houseleek   Sempervivum tectorum


Biting Stonecrop   Sedum sexangulare
 

Grass of Parnassus   Parnassia palustris
 

Mountain Currant   Ribes alpinum


Round-leaved Saxifrage  Saxifraga rotundifolia


Paniculate Saxifrage   Saxifraga paniculata


Saxifraga sp.
  

Rock Bramble   Rubus saxatilis

Raspberry   Rubus idaeus


Bramble   Rubus fruticosus

Agrimony   Agrimonia eupatoria


Salad Burnet   Sanguisorba officinalis

Tormentil   Potentilla erecta


Lax Potentilla   Potentilla culescens


Wild Strawberry   Fragaria vesca

Alpine Lady's Mantle   Alchermilla alpina

Mountain Ash or Rowan   Sorbus aucuparia
    

Winged Greenweed   Chamaesparium sagittale

Tufted Vetch   Vicia sepium

Shrubby Restharrow   Ononis fruticosa


White Clover   Trifolium repens

Red Clover   Trifolium pratense

Brown Clover   Trifolium badium


Meadow Cranesbill   Geranium pratense


Annual Mercury   Mercurialis annua

Alpine Milkwort   Polygala alpina


Mezereon   Daphne mezereum


Spurge Laurel   Daphne laureola


Alpine Rockrose   Helianthemum oelandicum


Imperforate St.John's Wort   Hypericum maculatum

Alpine St.John's Wort   Hypericum richeri


Rosebay Willowherb   Epilobium angustifolium

Great Masterwort or Mountain Sanicle   Astrantia major


Alpine Eryngo   Eryngium alpinum
 

Wild Angelica   Angelica sylvestris


Hogweed   Heracleum sphondylium

Dutchman's Pipe or Yellow Birdsnest   Monotropa hypopitys


Bilberry   Vaccinium myrtillus


Alpenrose   Rhododendron ferrugineum


Alpine Bearberry   Actostaphylos uva-ursi


Heather   Calluna vulgaris


Great Yellow Gentian   Gentiana lutea
     

Field Gentian   Gentianella campestris
  


Jupiter's Distaff or Sticky Sage   Salvia glutinosa


Wood Sage   Teucrium scorodonia


Meadow Clary   Salvia pratensis


Wild Basil   Clinopodium vulgare


Yellow Archangel   Lamiastrum galebdolon
  


Large Self-heal   Prunella grandiflora
  

Alpine Calamint   Acinos alpinus


Marjoram   Origaum vulgare

Wild Thyme   Thymus serpyllum

Dark Mullein   Verbascum pulverulentum

Eyebright   Euphrasia stricta
   

Lousewort   Pedicularis sp.


Southern Woodruff (possibly)   Asperula pyrenaica


Blue-berried Honeysuckle   Lonicera caerulea


Common Valerian   Valeriana officinalis


Three-leaved Valerian   Valeriana tripteris


Entire-leaved Valerian   Valeriana saliunca


Spiked Rampion   Phyteuma spicatum
   

Round-headed Rampion  Phyteuma orbiculare


Clustered Bellflower  Campanula glomerata



Harebell   Campanula   rotundifolia

Bearded Bellflower   Campanula barbata
   

Devil's-bit Scabious   Succisa pratensis


Wood Scabious   Knautia dipsacifolia

Golden Rod   Solidago virgaurea
 

Daisy   Bellis perennis

Ox-eye Daisy   Leucanthemum vulgare

Common Cudweed   Filago vulgaris


Yarrow   Achillea millefolium

Adenostyles   Adenostyles alliariae
   


Arnica   Arnica montana
 


Spiniest Thistle   Cirsium spinosissimum or
Yellow Melancholy Thistle   Cirsium erisithales


Knapweed   Centaurea alpestris
 

Greater Knapweed   Centaurea scabiousa


Plume Knapweed   Centaurea uniflora


Mountain Cornflower   Centaurea montana


Purple Lettuce   Prenanthes purpurea


Tolpis   Tolpis stratifolia
 

Orange Hawkweed   Hieracium aurantiacum


Chives   Allium schoenoprasum


White False Helleborine   Veratrum album
 

Martagon Lily   Lilium martagon


Herb Paris   Paris quadrifolia


Common Spotted Orchid   Dactylorhiza fuchsii
 

Black Vanilla Orchid   Nigritella nigra
 

Dark Red Helleborine   Epipactis atrorubens
 

Broad-leaved Helleborine   Epipactis atrorubens
   

Common Twayblade   Listera ovata

Round-headed Orchid   Traunsteinera globosa
 

Common Nettle    Urtica dioca

Knawl   Scleranthus perenni


116 Recorded as seen.


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